American Nurse Today

Tuberculosis Today: Fighting an Ancient Adversary

By Rebecca Ruppert, RN

Expiration Date: December 31, 2009. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.


 

Purpose: To provide registered nurses information to help them better care for patients with tuberculosis

Objectives:

  • Identify the signs and symptoms of tuberculosis (TB).
  • Describe how TB is diagnosed.
  • Compare latent TB with active TB.
  • Describe the care of patients with TB.

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Author

When the article was written, Rebecca Ruppert, RN, was a Communicable Disease RN in the Tuberculosis Program of the Marion County Health Department in Salem, Oregon. The author does not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any corporations offering financial support or educational grants for continuing nursing education activities.

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